Chapter 103: Sacrifice to sweep away doubts
Although there are no blizzards in the north, Anseong in December can be considered cold. The cold wind swept through people's necks, making even strong young men shrink a few centimeters in height.
However, no matter how cold it is, it can't withstand the footsteps of people going to the cemetery, because today is the winter solstice day - according to the old customs of Anseong, there are three days a year to pay homage to relatives, namely Qingming Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Winter Solstice.
In the Tai Cemetery in the west of the city, Mu Yu and Jiang Wenwen, who were wearing tweed coats, each stood in front of a new tomb with a few bouquets of flowers.
It was the tomb where Yan Xiaobing and his mother were buried together - after they set themselves on fire, the bodies were hugged tightly and there was no way to separate, so the crematorium had to cremate the bodies of his mother and son together. On both sides of this new tomb, there are two new tombs, which belong to Yan Xiaobing's wife and father.
After Yan Xiaobing's death, Rong Jian found a message sent to him by Yan Xiaobing in advance on his mobile phone, begging him not to bury his mother and son back to his hometown, saying that he didn't want his mother to be harassed by others after death, and begged him to cremate his mother and son and sprinkle the ashes into the river. Rong Jian was going to do what he said, but Qin Jinhuan found him and expressed his willingness to spend money to arrange a cemetery for Yan Xiaobing's family, so there were three new tombs side by side that were not known to outsiders.
Jiang Wenwen put the flowers in front of the tomb separately, and asked Mu Yu with a sigh: "Do you say that Brother Xiaobing's family can get together underground?" ”
"I guess I can." Mu Yu bowed and responded silently.
Actually, she is an atheist.
"But Brother Xiaobing did so many things that he shouldn't have done before his death, and even people couldn't forgive him, when he went underground, could Lord Yama still make him feel better? I'm really worried that Lord Yama will let him go to the eighteenth layer of hell and suffer from capital punishment. No, I have to go out and buy more paper money to burn for him, so that he can have money to bribe Lord Yama. ”
"Eh, Wenwen!" Mu Yu hurriedly grabbed Jiang Wenwen, who turned around and wanted to leave, "Haven't you always believed in ghosts and gods?" How did you ...... today?"
"I didn't believe it at first, but I was very touched by the death of Brother Xiaobing's mother and son. The so-called good is rewarded with good, evil is rewarded with evil, it is not that there is no retribution, the time has not yet come, and I now completely understand the meaning of this sentence. Although Brother Xiaobing also did some good things during his lifetime, those good things were very inconspicuous compared to the mistakes he made, which is why he died so miserably. ”
"According to your logic, wouldn't Sun Meilan have to suffer more torture after she died?"
Hearing Sun Meilan's three words, Jiang Wenwen immediately gritted her teeth: "Lord Yama has clear rewards and punishments, people like her should go to the eighteenth layer of hell after death, and after suffering the torture of capital punishment, let her be wiped out, and she will not be able to live forever, so as to save herself from harming others in the next life." Xiaoyu, you are waiting for me here, and I will go to the gate of the cemetery to buy paper money. ”
"If Lord Yama really rewards and punishes clearly, there is definitely no need for you to burn paper money to bribe him."
Jiang Wenwen felt that this made sense, so she paused and silently looked at the tombstone that she didn't even dare to put a photo.
Although Yan Xiaobing has been dead for more than half a month, there are still a lot of responsible comments on him on the Internet, and some people even make his appearance change. The emoji of the killer, which made her both angry and helpless.
She really couldn't figure out why people still refused to let him go, why people couldn't try to look at Yan Xiaobing from another angle and sympathize with him.
Seeing her friend crying silently, knowing that she was in a complicated mood, Mu Yu gently hugged her friend's shoulder and conveyed comfort to her with his eyes.
"Xiao Yu," Jiang Wenwen gently pushed her away, her eyes full of guilt, "After the accident at Brother Xiaobing's family, if my neighbors and I can pay more attention to his physical and mental health, instead of helping him in material aspects, we will definitely be able to detect his mental illness as soon as possible, and take him to the hospital for regular treatment as soon as possible, so that he will not have to suffer both physical and mental torture, and the latter things will not happen." ”
"It's a pity that there are no ifs." Mu Yu, who subconsciously moved from others to himself, sighed deeply.
Since the showdown between grandpa and Qin Jinhuan, Qin Jinhuan has become busy, going out early and returning late every day. At first, she thought that he was dedicated to the development of the company, but then she overheard her grandfather calling and scolding him, and she realized that his recent work was not so busy at all, and she realized that his "early departure and late return" was actually avoiding being alone with her, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
Several times she stayed up late at night waiting for him to come back, she tried to talk to him to shorten the distance between the two, but found that between his and her hearts, it was like an enchantment, although invisible, she couldn't get through.
Just as Jiang Wenwen couldn't figure out why people refused to forgive Yan Xiaobing, who had died, she had never figured out why Qin Jinhuan, who obviously cared about her very much, would treat her like this because of her grandfather's showdown.
After thinking about it for a long time, she came to a conclusion that she didn't want to approve at all: when people are down, sometimes they accept the feelings of others, sometimes not because of the true feelings given by the other party, but because they are too helpless and lonely, and need comfort. Just like Qin Jinhuan at the beginning - if he really loved her, he would definitely not alienate her because of these reasons from the outside world.
After coming to this conclusion, she was full of sadness and bitterness, and secretly cried alone several times.
She really doesn't like the days when she lives under the same roof with him, sleeps in the same bed, and is ignored by him as air. Several times I looked at his back and slept with his back to her and wanted to say, "Let's divorce", but she didn't have the courage to say it, because her heart had been ruthlessly occupied by him, and she couldn't let go of him at all. At this time, she would secretly hate herself for not controlling that indulgent heart in the first place.
"Yes, there are no ifs in everything, everything is predestined."
Jiang Wenwen's faint sigh made Mu Yu's nose sour.
If it weren't for her grandfather's earliest arrangement, she would not have known Qin Jinhuan; If it weren't for Grandpa's showdown, she and Qin Jinhuan wouldn't have come to this point. There is no if, it seems that she is entangled with his feelings. Entanglement was predestined a long time ago.
Seeing her friend's sad face, Jiang Wenwen only said that her friend was the same as herself, and she was also feeling sorry for the Yan family, took a deep breath, took her friend's hand, and smiled as if comforting herself: "Since it is a destined thing, we have no power to change the will of heaven, so we accept it calmly and let everything go naturally." ”
Go with the flow?
Mu Yu looked at his friend in a daze.
Anyway, when the world changes, there will be a result after all, sometimes there must be in life, and there is no time in life to force it, so let it be.
She barely managed to squeeze out a smile.
Jiang Wenwen squatted down and straightened the flowers on the ground, then got up and pulled her to the three new tombs, ready to leave.
"Huh! Whispers and more! Look over there! ”
Mu Yucai stepped forward, and when she heard Jiang Wenwen's eager shout, she immediately paused and looked in the direction of her finger.
Tailing Garden is divided into bungalow area, high-rise area and villa area. The cemetery in the bungalow area covers a small area, the tomb is crowded, the environment is average, and the price is cheap; The high-rise area is less crowded and more expensive; As for the villa area, in the north of the best natural environment of the Tailing Garden, it is also the feng shui treasure land that the "masters" say in their mouths, the cemetery is reasonably planned, the design is atmospheric and luxurious, and the maintenance of the cemetery is also very standardized.
The place where Jiang Wenwen pointed was the villa area of Tailing Garden.
"See what?" Mu Yu looked at the people who went to the villa area to worship in confusion.
"Huh?" Jiang Wenwen looked at her feet again, moved a few more directions, and finally scratched her head in disbelief, "Did I see it wrong?" ”
"What do you see?"
"Uh, nothing, I guess I read it wrong. Let's go. Jiang Wenwen smiled and grabbed her arm.
"What the hell?" Mu Yu laughed and quipped.
"Not really! Huh! Whispers! I remember that you seem to have said that Qin Shao's mother is also buried in this cemetery, right? ”
"yes. Oops," Mu Yu patted his head, "I forgot about this, I should buy a bouquet of flowers to pay tribute to his mother." ”
"Do you know where his mother's grave is?"
"Yes, it's over the other side you just pointed to." Mu Yushun pointed to the villa area, put aside his friend's hand and said, "Wenwen, you wait for me here, I'll buy a bouquet of flowers." ”
"Huh! Whispers! Jiang Wenwen grabbed her, "Since you are Qin Shao's mother, you should go to worship together, it doesn't matter if you go alone." ”
"He, he's busy with work, and he probably doesn't remember that today is the winter solstice."
"Can't he remember that you wouldn't call to remind him?"
"This ...... It still doesn't affect his work, I'll just go for him. ”
"Eh!" Jiang Wenwen grabbed her again, "You haven't called yet, how do you know he's busy?" Maybe he's idle now, or maybe he's already in the Tailing Garden? Let's give us a call and ask. ”
Seeing that her friend had been looking at herself with an inquiring eye, she didn't want her friend to find out that there was an unpleasant Mu language between her and Qin Jinhuan, and she was thinking of finding an excuse to deceive her friend, and her friend said, "You two won't have conflicts", so that she suddenly dialed Qin Jinhuan's phone without hesitation.
But when she dialed it, she couldn't help but feel apprehensive at the thought of hearing his voice right away.
Soon, the phone was connected, and Qin Jinhuan's faint voice came: "Huh? ”
"Uh, you, are you in the company?"
"Hmm."
"Busy?"
"Busy."
"Oh, then you're busy." Mu Yu hung up the phone as if he had completed the task, and then looked at his friend and shrugged as if he had nothing to do, "He is in the company and is very busy." ”
"Oh."
Seeing that her friend didn't ask again, she said, "I'm going to buy flowers, don't go away, I'll come back to you right away", and walked quickly to the gate of the cemetery with her head down.
Jiang Wenwen looked at the back of her friend who was far away, and subconsciously glanced at the villa area of Tailing Garden, with a trace of doubt in her eyes and a little worry.
Not long after, Mu Yu bought flowers and led Jiang Wenwen to Lin Sijun's tomb in the Tailing Garden villa area.
Seeing that there was no trace of sacrifice in front of the tomb, Jiang Wenwen was completely relieved, and her mood instantly improved.
After sweeping the tomb, the two went down the mountain and left the cemetery together.
Because the two of them were not on the way, the bus to Jiang Wenwen's school arrived first, and Jiang Wenwen left first. Mu Yu, who was waiting for the car alone, suddenly felt a little thirsty, and saw that the car had not yet come, so she quickly turned back to the convenience store at the entrance of the cemetery to buy water to drink, and at this moment, a car in the parking lot on one side caught her attention.